Tag: Jesus
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church of the offended
This week I had a phone conversation which went along the lines “I am sorry I ……” “Didn’t even register, oh but I’m sorry ……” “No problem, whatever, I was in two ….” “well now we’ve got that out of the way …..” As this is a regular thing I was tempted to say “As…
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looking broke/ feeling good
You see I was broken I was smashed to smith-er-eens But I didn’t know I didn’t know I was wounded Bullet holes shredding my body And then Clarity occurred Like the colours of a spectrum Distinct and yet part of Me, touching but Not melting me Knowing I was broken Sitting in the mess Of…
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truth & lies
Smell of ash Fills the grate Long after the fire Long after the warm It stays to remind To fill a longing hole It lies Ash has no love No happy clappy warmth It just sits Cold Smell of pine Fills the room Tall needles permeate Tall branches flourish It comes to speed up To…
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Children Carolling
It gets me every year, It pulls me in Pulls me down It is like swimming against a tide Just for a day or two Just whilst I remember what my feet are on Just while I breathe in His goodness and strength. There are many hymns that irk or irritate me, some are old…
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let’s meet up for band practice
The baptism of Jesus shows us his willingness to enter into our lives in the rituals and ceremonies that we have created and then just blow our mind. To an onlooker, this young man came to the guy in the desert – the weird one with the wacky diet and went into the river just…
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Streams of Sanctuary
The man screamed with all that was within, “sanctuary,” but it came out as a barely audible whisper. He was spent. Minutes earlier he had hauled his broken frame on to the rocks. Hours earlier he, alongside his fellow passengers had jumped into the sea as the boat capsized; deliberately scuttled with eight hundred people…
Asset Based Community Development meets Church 